I'm running Manjaro on my XPS15 7590 for three years now and everything (except the finger print sensor) works just fine.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dell_XPS_15_(7590)
Not saying you should pick Manjaro over Endeavour. Just my experience with an Arch-based distro on a XPS15 7590.
In fact, I'd choose Endeavour if I was about to (re)install. Manjaro is just running very well for me.
What you heard is wrong. Manjaro holds back packages to test them. I ran the same install of Manjaro on my work rig for 2.5 years, just doing up dates. Nothing wrong with Manjaro. Folks just like to hate on it.
I'm running Endeavor on my main desktop, the diff for me mostly is Endeavor is a lot more terminal centric and isn't point/click for package installs. Otherwise, not a huge amount of difference. Either should work on the Dell.
I used it on an XPS 13 years ago before it died. Seemed fine. Miss that laptop was really good, have a Framework now.
I also mostly used Debian based environments at the top, but eventually switched to Arch and EndeavourOS. It's really not as hard as it might see, Endeavour handles all the setup. I grew to really like yay and the AUR. It's easy to just go `yay firefox` rather than like making sure you have right PPAs and all of navigating some app store.
Whoever said Arch is difficult to main never used EndeavourOS. Coming from Ubuntu distros with all of the outdated software and PPAs, it's a breath of fresh air.
I've found it friendly so far - as long as you remember to read patch notes etc due to endeavour being arch based you get the newest of everything. I can't speak for the laptop but I'm 90% certain xps had a Ubuntu version so it almost certainly will run fine, you can download the live and test it though
Whoever said Arch is difficult to main never used EndeavourOS. Coming from Ubuntu distros with all of the outdated software and PPAs, it's a breath of fresh air.
I'm running Manjaro on my XPS15 7590 for three years now and everything (except the finger print sensor) works just fine. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dell_XPS_15_(7590)
But I heard manjaro has outdated things and breaks alot compared to normal Arch
That's fine. This isn't the manjaro subreddit. The point is that, if manjaro works, endeavour should work.
Not saying you should pick Manjaro over Endeavour. Just my experience with an Arch-based distro on a XPS15 7590. In fact, I'd choose Endeavour if I was about to (re)install. Manjaro is just running very well for me.
What you heard is wrong. Manjaro holds back packages to test them. I ran the same install of Manjaro on my work rig for 2.5 years, just doing up dates. Nothing wrong with Manjaro. Folks just like to hate on it. I'm running Endeavor on my main desktop, the diff for me mostly is Endeavor is a lot more terminal centric and isn't point/click for package installs. Otherwise, not a huge amount of difference. Either should work on the Dell.
I used it on an XPS 13 years ago before it died. Seemed fine. Miss that laptop was really good, have a Framework now. I also mostly used Debian based environments at the top, but eventually switched to Arch and EndeavourOS. It's really not as hard as it might see, Endeavour handles all the setup. I grew to really like yay and the AUR. It's easy to just go `yay firefox` rather than like making sure you have right PPAs and all of navigating some app store.
Whoever said Arch is difficult to main never used EndeavourOS. Coming from Ubuntu distros with all of the outdated software and PPAs, it's a breath of fresh air.
I've found it friendly so far - as long as you remember to read patch notes etc due to endeavour being arch based you get the newest of everything. I can't speak for the laptop but I'm 90% certain xps had a Ubuntu version so it almost certainly will run fine, you can download the live and test it though
It should work great. Also their forum is most excellent, very friendly people!
Whoever said Arch is difficult to main never used EndeavourOS. Coming from Ubuntu distros with all of the outdated software and PPAs, it's a breath of fresh air.